Musical Story (1940)

Original title

Музыкальная история

Directed by

Aleksandr Ivanovsky

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A love story unfolds among characters who sing opera music. Classic opera tunes from Carmen, Eugene Onegin, and other works carry the plot in this 1940 Soviet comedy.

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What happens

Musical Story (Russian: Музыкальная история, romanized: Muzykalnaja istorija) is a 1940 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky and Gerbert Rappaport. The film told a love story with the music of five operas: Bizet's Carmen, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night, Borodin's Prince Igor and Flotow's Martha. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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